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NAPA, CA – Regulus knows the paper-based side of healthcare. It claims to send the highest volume of first-class mail of anyone in the U.S. While it’s a huge provider in s...
THE RECENT DISCLOSURE that The HealthTrust Purchasing Group and Consorta are pooling their procurement power is prompting speculation about whether this is a sign that consolidation among group purcha...
The current Medicare physician payment formula is "fatally flawed" and should be replaced with one that better reflects the reality of practice cost increases, say doctors, congressional advisors, law...
A program that provides financial incentives to hospitals that meet quality of care standards has been financially restructured and extended three years by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Servic...
In a speech delivered to the 2007 HIMSS Annual Conference and Exhibition Thursday morning, Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt said he expects a rapid transformation to a competition-b...
A new plan to fund local organizations to assess and report on providers' quality of care performance was announced Wednesday by U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Michael Leavitt....
On the day prior to the official start of HIMSS 2007, a new conference-related event brought together leaders of emerging healthcare IT companies and venture capitalists looking to invest in the indus...
A hospital's CEO doesn't typically do rounds at midnight, particularly to allay IT concerns. But that's what Salem Hospital's CEO did to ensure that front-line users felt comfortable with the facility...
Minority and low-income Medicare beneficiaries are relying on Medicare Advantage Plans and MediGap for healthcare coverage, new studies by America's Health Insurance Plans have found....
The CBORD Group, an Ithaca, N.Y.-based provider of food and nutrition management and cashless card systems to healthcare facilities, has announced a multi-year, sole-source agreement...